It'll save time." I repeated the hurried disclosures made by Eva in the rhododendrons.

He nodded grimly in confirmation of their truth.
"Yes, those are the rough facts.

The game was started in Melbourne.

My part was to wait at Ascension till the Lady Jermyn signalled herself, follow her in a schooner we had bought and pick up the gig with the gold aboard.

Well, I did so; never mind the details now, and never mind the bloody massacre the others had made of it before I came up.